Combination hose coupling and valve.



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OWEN w. THOMAS, ol* sa". PAUL, MiNNEso'rA, Assionon or ONFWHALF To GUSTAVE F. Ramsar.. oF HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

COMBINATION HOSE COUPLING AND VALVE.

Specification of'Letters 4Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

Application A led March 27, 1909. Serial No. 486,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN W. TrioMAs,

i a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul in the county of Ramsey and Stato of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combination Hose Coup ing and Valve,voi't which the following is a speciiication.

liivalve will be opened when the couplin My invention relates to a combination hose coupling and valve adapted for use with pneumatic tools, air brakes, fire hoseI and for similar connections. It has for its object to provide an ellicient couplerg by the use of which the ports of the is made, and closed by the act of uncoupng the sect-ions., In other words, the device is adapted for use in. coupling sections of hose or pipe which convey air or water under .pressure so that the discharge of the fluid may be uninterrupted when the sections are united, and cut off When said sections are disconnected.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side-elevation of my improved coupling; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line' X--X of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is -a View taken on the line .eL-A of Fig. Q looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is a detail partly brokenl away of .one ot the boxes of the coupling; Fig. 5 is a plan View of Fig. 4; Fig. (iV is a detail View of the plug of the valve; Fig. 7 is a plan -view of the plug from below; Fig. 8 is a. plan view of the plug from above; Fig. 9 1s a cross section partly broken away of Fig. 3 taken on the line Y-.e-Y; Fig. 10 is a. horizontal central section of an alternate construction; Fig. 11 is asection of Fig. 10 taken on the line Z-Z, and Fig. 1-2 is a section of Fig. 10 taken on larger diameter is knurled as shown in Fig.

`1. The peripheral wall of the thimble or valve casing 1 is perforated by orifices 5, while the `wall of the cylindrical plug C is formed with aperinres 6 corresponding in position with the orifices 5 in the casing.

Each box I connection 'of the parts A, :box B is' cored' out at 22 tov form an :innu- -When in one position its apertures coincide with the orifices of the casing, While when revolved a quarter turn its apertures are brought under the blank parts of the casin f, when the' stop cock formed by the'plug and. the casing 1 is closed. By the connecting mechanism hereinafter described these revolutions of the plug are so cordinated that the act of uncoupling the hose closes the valve, and coupling opens it. The eoupling box A. is formed with a collar 7 from which the sleeve 8 extends, having at its extremity an enlarged bore 9 adapted to freely receive the nipple 10 of the plug C. Oppositely arranged shoulders 10*aL on the valve plug C are adapted to fit in the groove 10b in the coupling box B .when the boxes A and Bere separated to hold' said lug C'in iosition in the casing 1. The s eeve 8 is a so provided Witlrpppositely arranged bosses 11 Whose outer arcs correspond with the inner diameter of the coupling end of the box B. These bosses' have peripheral recesses 12 into which two corresponding lugs 13 on the face 111 of the plug C are The plug is rotatable in the casing 'so that received, thus when in norial position locking together the plug C and thebox A.

This construction permits the bosses 11 on the sleeve 8 to enter and revolve Within the box B and in order that they may be held therein, inwardly projecting peripheral flanges 15 are arranged diametrically opposite at the entrance to thebore '1.6 of said box. so that in coupling the hose the bosses 11 of the box A pass between said flanges l5 and when the recesses 12 have been adj-usted over the lugs 13 on the plug C a quarter turn` of the cou lingwill bringthe; bosses 11 undersaid4 'anges 15 and complete the coupling. Studs 1i' project from beneath the flanges 15 and nicks 18 are cut in the bosses 11 so that after a qua-rter turn of the coupling a stop is formed by'said lugs and nicks to prevent further turning of the parts and insure complete opening and closing of the valve ports. The plug C is held in its seat by iianges in the bore of the box B be neath the Vanges 15, which coact Vwith bosses on the periphery of the plug. Packing rings 19 and 20 insure a perfectl tight B and The lar passage v vay about the thimbl l land thus give access to' the ports of e valve. The lower surfaces 21 of the bosses 11 are slightly concave and the cont-acting sur' faces of the flanges 15 are correspondingly crowned to secure a firm* connection between the boxes.

In the alternate construction Ishown in Fig. 10, the box B is made in two parts 23 and 24. The rotary valve member consists 'of a disk 25 carried by the cylindrical stem 26 with which 'it is made integral. As in the case of the plug in the preferred'construction, this stem 26 is provided with peripheral apertures 6. 'lhe disk 25 is also provided with circular orifices 27 and the casing 2st is formed with peripheral recesses 28. The disk, throu-gh its cylindrical stem, is'seated and revoluble in the casing 24; When the valve is in the position shown in Fig, l() the orifices 27 of the disk register with the recesses 28,I and they in turn with the peripheral apertures 6 in the stem 26. lhen the valve 1s given a quarter turn the blank surfaces of the disk, as well Vas that of. the cylinder, are over the recesses 28 and the ports are closed. The stem 26 is 'formed at its open end 29 with peripheral bosses 3U, and the sleeve 3l of the box A is recessed at 32 to correspond with the form of the bosses 30. When the coupling is made between the boxes A and B the bosses 30 are received in the recess 32, and, with the connection thus formed, a quarter turn of the coupling opens the valve as shown in Fig. 10, while the reverse movement closes it in the act of uncoupling. formed on the inner periphery of the'casing 2?, to prevent lateral movement of' the vdisk 25.. rlhemeans for holding the boxes A ain-l:Bftogeth'er and ,for preventing more `than a quarter turn of the valve in coupling a'ndpuncoupling are siifbstantially the same as those, shown n1 the preferred construction. The packlngt insures a tight connection between the boxes A. and B.

T-laving described my invention, what I.

claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent., is:

l. l.\ combined hose coupling Aand valve, omprising-an open couplingl boxfa-eoupling box formed with a grooved thimble having peripheral orifices and :1 rotatable cylindrical plug prbvidml with,peripheral apertures adapted tovregisler Witlrsaid orifices, shoulders on saidplug, said plug being seated in said thimble and detachably connected thereto through said grooves and shoulders, means comprising llanges and bosses carried by the contiguous faces of the boxes for locking the. same together,"mcans for detachably connecting the plug ivith'the open box whereflanged projection is by a quarter turn will open or close the valve and a stop limitingthe movement of vthe boxes to insure complete registration of said apertures and orifices.

2. A combined hose coupling and valve, comprising only three pieces, viz: an open coupling box', a coupling box formed with a thimble having peripheral orifices and a rotatable cylindrical plug provided with peripheral apertures, adapted lto register with said orifices, said plug bein seated in said thimble', ,means comprising anges and bosses carried by the contiguous faces of the boxes for locking thesame together, and for holding the plug inA its seat and means for detachably connecting the plug with the open box whereby a quarter turn will open or close the valve.

3. A combined hose coupling and valve, comprising an open coupling box, a coupling box formed with a valve casing having eripheral orifices, a rotatable cylindrical p ug seated in said casing and provided with peripheral apertures adapted to register with said orifices, means for securing the plug in its seat when said open coupling box is removed, means comprising fianges and bosses 'arried by the contiguous faces of the boxes for locking the same together, means for 4detaclnibly connecting the plug with the open boxwhereby a quarter turn will open the valve when a coupling is made and closeit when the boxes are disconnected and a stop onone of said vfianges to engageone of said bosses said stop limiting the movement ot' the boxes to one quarter ot a turn.

4. combined hose coupling and valve, comprising an open coupling box, a coupling box 'formed with a thimble having diametrically opposed pifrilziluiral orifices and a.rotatable cylindrical plug provided with similarly arranged peripheral apertures seated in said thimble, means consisting of flanges and bosses made integral with the inner, contiguous faces of the boxesifor locking the same togetlmr and vsecuring said plug in said lhimhle, means "for detachably connecting' thel plug with the open box whereby a quarter turn will open or close the valve and a stop to limit the. movement of said open box rela ti\e lo said coupling box.

.In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

OWEN YV. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

Il. H. Feen, J. ld. S'rnrltrm. 

